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jodhpur

1

[ jod-per ]

noun

  1. jodhpurs, (used with a plural verb) riding breeches cut very full over the hips and tapering at the knees to become tightfitting from the knees to the ankles.
  2. Also called jodhpur shoe,. an ankle-high shoe for wearing with such breeches, having a strap that encircles the ankle and buckles on the side. Compare chukka boot.


Jodhpur

2

[ jod-per; locally johd-poor ]

noun

  1. Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
  2. a city in central Rajasthan, in NW India.

Jodhpur

/ ˌdʒɒdˈpʊə /

noun

  1. a former state of NW India, one of the W Rajputana states: now part of Rajasthan
  2. a walled city in NW India, in W Rajasthan: university (1962). Pop: 846 408 (2001)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jodhpur1

First recorded in 1895–1900; after Jodhpur

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Example Sentences

The chief, whose title is raja, is a Rajput of the Rathor clan, descended from a branch of the Jodhpur family.

Jodhpur was conquered by Sindhia, who levied a tribute of 60,000, and took from it the fort and town of Ajmere.

The state was founded in the reign of the emperor Akbar, by a younger son of the raja of Jodhpur.

This being translated, meant Jodhpur, which is the city of the Houyhnhnms.

Jodhpur dak-bungalow seems to be full of men "waiting here."

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